One more point about the point about the bathrooms!!! Conservation is big in New Zealand and so all the toilets have the choice of two types of flushes....one for number one and the other for number two!!! I haven't figured out which is which!!! Also we saw lots of wind turbines on the tops of the mountains on the road to Queestown yesterday.
We started this morning with a walk around the gardens and huge pond at their local park. People here are fanatical about their gardens...hotels, homes, city parks....all gorgeous flowers and different.
Today we were on the water again and took an old coal-powered steam ship to the other side of the lake....did I mention our hotel room is right in front of the lake with the mountains behind it!!
There we landed at the Walter Peak sheep station where we saw a demonstration of sheep sheering as well as sheep herding by their border collie. Of course, we had lunch there right by the lake with phenominal gardens again. They even had a rose there with a coppery shade named "Just Joey"...how cool!
Later I came back and rented a bike and pedaled around the city and lake. While pedaling, I saw some young people in the park playing frisbee golf...they had 18 holes set up...and, of course, being the shy person I am, went right up to them and asked them how it is played. And they showed me and let me join them for awhile...cool again!!
This is a city of known for its extreme sports and filming production (like Lord of the Rings). So for dinner we took a gondola up to the top of the mountain and had dinner there. We had the chance to either take the gondola back, paraglide down or luge down (on a roller wheel type sled as there is no snow now) I was thinking about taking the luge down, but by the time we finished dinner...they had closed it down. I guess I will just have to come back some time again!!!
Well, that is all the news I have for now...heard Avatar was not the big winner at the Oscars...I have not turned on the tv since I left. Hope all is well with everyone.
Take care and stay safe and healthy.
Love,
Gloria
We started this morning with a walk around the gardens and huge pond at their local park. People here are fanatical about their gardens...hotels, homes, city parks....all gorgeous flowers and different.
Today we were on the water again and took an old coal-powered steam ship to the other side of the lake....did I mention our hotel room is right in front of the lake with the mountains behind it!!
There we landed at the Walter Peak sheep station where we saw a demonstration of sheep sheering as well as sheep herding by their border collie. Of course, we had lunch there right by the lake with phenominal gardens again. They even had a rose there with a coppery shade named "Just Joey"...how cool!
Later I came back and rented a bike and pedaled around the city and lake. While pedaling, I saw some young people in the park playing frisbee golf...they had 18 holes set up...and, of course, being the shy person I am, went right up to them and asked them how it is played. And they showed me and let me join them for awhile...cool again!!
This is a city of known for its extreme sports and filming production (like Lord of the Rings). So for dinner we took a gondola up to the top of the mountain and had dinner there. We had the chance to either take the gondola back, paraglide down or luge down (on a roller wheel type sled as there is no snow now) I was thinking about taking the luge down, but by the time we finished dinner...they had closed it down. I guess I will just have to come back some time again!!!
Well, that is all the news I have for now...heard Avatar was not the big winner at the Oscars...I have not turned on the tv since I left. Hope all is well with everyone.
Take care and stay safe and healthy.
Love,
Gloria
